Implications for practice and research

Context

Patient falls are a commonly occurring adverse event in acute care hospitals. Risk factors for falls are well established.
Until recently, there were no intervention protocols known to prevent falls in acute hospital settings.1

Methods

Ang et al conducted a prospective randomised control trial (RCT) on eight units in an acute care hospital to evaluate the effectiveness
of targeted multiple interventions. Patients were screened for fall risk on admission using the Hendrich II Falls Risk Model
(HFRM). …